Foreign Rights Catalogue 2006 / 2007 - Droemer Knaur

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Droemer Knaur* Foreign Rights Catalogue

2006 / 2007

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Tanja Kinkel The Venus Throw 496 Pages, ISBN 3-426-66210-8 February 2006

Wolf Serno The Balm Sellers 464 pages, ISBN 3-426-19698-0 November 2005

Wolf Serno The Puppet Master 496 pages, 3-426-19747-2 November 2006

100.000 copies sold in Germany! Translation rights sold to Italy, Spain Czechia, Hungary and Korea A slave learns the intrigues of Imperial Rome and dares to join the game

Over 30.000 copies sold in Germany! Historical adventure by the author of the successful “Travelling Surgeon” novels

The latest from an author who has sold over 1 million copies in Germany alone

The year 7 A.D.: A girl named Tertia is brought as a slave to the seething metropolis of Rome … She hopes for a better life in the city – and as it turns out, the gods seem to smile on her: immediately upon arrival she is bought by Lycus, the owner of a group of circus performers. The famous poet Ovid, is amused by Tertia’s impetuous energy and gives her the name Andromeda. Then Andromeda suddenly becomes a plaything of the powerful: Lycus makes a present of Andromeda, giving her to Vipsania Julilla, the granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, who is determined to become the heir to Augustus. Andromeda becomes Julilla’s pawn, and soon Livia is trying to make Andromeda spy for her as well. In the midst of this web of intrigues, Andromeda sees that there’s only one way to save her own life and that of her friends: risk everything on what you might call one roll of the dice. And in Roman dice games, the “Venus throw” was all or nothing … Tanja Kinkel, born 1968, won her first literature prize when she was just 18 years old. Her novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

The German principality of Thuringia, in the 18th century: Listig is a rogue whose inventiveness and his impertinence are usually enough to get him out of jams. But then he becomes crippled in an accident. Without being able to move around much, Listig has a difficult time of it. Until he meets one of the travelling apothecaries – Pausback is huge and strong as an ox, and though his raw power doesn’t include brainpower, he’s very good-natured. But then he meets Listig, and the two decide to travel together from then on. Then there’s a murder in a nearby town. A civil servant named Röther is trying to poison his rich wife to get her money, by having his good-looking maid Eva (who’s also his lover) administer arsenic to his wife in small doses. Pausback and Listig run across Eva one day, and entranced by her beauty, they both fall for her. Soon Listig comes up with a scheme to have his new rival Pausback thrown in jail. Once he realizes his mistake, he’s got to find a way to save his pal from being executed …

The Brandenburg Marches, 18th century: a ventriloquist named Julius Klingenthal travells from town to town. One day he meets an unusual woman named Lena. The merry twinkle in her eye belies the fact that she earns her living as a paid mourner! In no time, the two are smitten and become a couple. In Steinfurth, Julius moves into the shed belonging to a pastor named Mathies, and Lena is hired on as Mathies’ housekeeper. Soon Julius notices that Mathies has taken a fancy to Lena. Then a horrible murder takes place: a merchant is stabbed right through the heart, and soon thereafter a fisherman is stuffed into one of his fish traps where he bleeds to death. Soon the authorities have a suspect: Julius. More murders take place, and Julius’ situation gets worse, especially as he seems to be the murderer’s next target. Wolf Serno was creative director of a major Hamburg advertising agency for 20 years. In 1997 he made the decision to write for himself instead of for others. The result was the bestseller The Travelling Surgeon, which was soon followed by other top sellers.

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Iny Lorentz The Harlot’s Legacy 600 pages, 3-426-66202-7 May 2006

Iny Lorentz The Lioness 560 pages, 3-426-63248-9 September 2006

Iny Lorentz The Pilgrim 700 pages, 3-426-66249-3 January 2007

150.000 copies sold in Germany! The beloved heroine of The Travelling Harlot (Rights sold to France, Spain, Portugal, Czechia, Russia) and The Lady of the Castle (Rights sold to Spain and Czechia) returns

In this historical novel, a woman takes on the challenge of commanding an army

A rich historical novel about a woman’s pilgrimage to Santiago

The year is 1428: Marie is pregnant again, and unfortunately her mortal enemy Hulda finds out about it. Hulda is expecting as well, and she comes up with a treacherous plan: she has Marie kidnapped and fakes Marie’s death. When Marie gives birth to a boy, Hulda keeps him for herself and gives her own newborn girl to Marie. Then Marie and the baby are quickly sold into slavery.. But in the meantime, her beloved Michel has been forced by Emperor Sigismund to marry noblewoman Gisilberta. Michel has to petition the papal court to have the marriage annulled, and he also demands that Hulda give him his son back. In the resulting feud, Hulda captures Marie’s son and threatens to set him and herself on fire. At the last minute, Michel manages to recapture his child from the madwoman. Iny Lorentz presents the third chapter of an epic spanning 18 adventure-filled years in the life of the heroine Marie. The author resides in Munich.

Italy, the 14th century: The family of the young noblewoman Katharina is murdered. Katharina’s inheritance consists of a run-down castle in Swabia, a mountain of debt, and her father’s army of mercenaries. Fabrizio Borelli, her father’s secondin-command, promises to buy the troops from her at a price that would rid her of her most pressing debts. She accepts, but soon suspects that Fabrizio could have had something to do with the death of her family. He puts off paying the sum and wants to force her to become his lover. Amadeo, the heir to the Duke of Molterossa, persuades Katharina to command the troops herself – a woman as head of some mercenaries could be seen as such an insult by opposing forces that they would be lured into getting careless. Katharina agrees to it and finally leads her own army into battle. That will be challenge enough, but there’s still the matter of finding out who killed her family. And besides that: is love on the horizon? Iny Lorentz, born in Cologne, now resides in Munich. Among her previous successful novels are The Castrata, The Travelling Harlot and The Lady of the Castle.

The year is 1368: Tina Willinger’s life changes in an instant when her father dies. Worried about the fate of his soul, the merchant’s last request was that his heart be brought to Santiago de Compostela. But Tilla’s brother Otfried doesn’t care about his father’s last wish, nor about his desire to marry Tilla off to Damian, the mayor’s son. Instead, he forces Tilla to marry the mayor’s bitter foe. Tilla’s new husband dies on their wedding night. Since her brother sold her out and the relatives of her dead husband are after her, Tilla decides to flee, breaking into her parents’ house to get the little box with her father’s heart to take it to Santiago. She also takes the iron coffer that contains her marriage contract and her father’s will. What she doesn’t know is that there are also much more explosive papers inside. To throw off possible pursuers, she dresses up as a young man and joins a group of pilgrims. The journey is difficult and full of dangers, but she also finds love along the way. And it soon becomes apparent that her pilgrimage will only be complete if she can find an answer to the intrigues and oppression in her hometown …

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Eric Maron The Rebel Women of Majorca 576 pages, 3-426-66201-9 August 2006

Eric Maron The Princess 581 pages, 3-426-62647-0 July 2005

Sandra Lessmann A Daughter Born of Sin 600 Pages, 3-426-62969-0 May 2006

The dream island Majorca is the setting of this fabulous historical novel

50.000 copies sold in Germany! An opulent historical novel by an exciting new talent

Jeremy Blackshaw’s second case - a historical mystery set in London, 1666

The year is 1722. As Prince Carl Anton von Saalstein-Tresskau woos Charlotte, a wallflower from an impoverished noble family, it looks to be a dream come true for the girl. But the prince is actually attracted to men, and is only accepting marriage to prevent his hated cousin Ulrich, reigning prince of Saalstein-Mittelstadt, from one day ruling his country. In Tresskau, Charlotte has to fight not only against the disinterest of the Prince, but also against the intrigues of his lover to secure a place in the court hierarchy for herself. Also, the cousin does not intend to forsake his right of inheritance. Charlotte only manages to survive attempts on her life by a hair’s breadth, but one of these attacks claims the life of her husband, just shortly before the birth of her son. Now there’s a wide-open battle for the right of inheritance, which Charlotte can only secure with the help of King August the Strong. Finally Charlotte finds happiness: she marries the man who saved her life and her son ascends to the throne.

One evening, Judge Orlando Trelawney witnesses the cold-blooded murder of a midwife. His servant intervenes just in time to save the woman’s daughter Anne from the same fate. Orlando consults his friend Jeremy Blackshaw, a Catholic priest who operates “underground” in Protestant England. The matter becomes even more mysterious when Anne, who obviously knows more than she’s telling, encourages Alan to sleep with her, and thereafter accuses him of getting her pregnant. Alan has to marry Anne. He realizes too late that Anne was already pregnant and just needed him to escape the contempt given a single mother.

Eric Maron was born in 1952. After working on the family farm, he changed careers, moving into the IT business. Maron has been writing stories since he was a boy, but this is his first published novel.

Sandra Lessmann, born 1969, fell in love with England after living there for five years and went on to study English history. These same characters also appeared in her first, successful novel, The King’s Judge (Rights sold to Russia).

The year is 1343: in a bloody campaign, the armies of King Pere IV of CataloniaAragon conquer the island kingdom of Majorca. Despite bitter resistance, the castle of the Count of Marranx also falls into the hands of the overpowering foes. And now the castle’s defenseless against the wrath of the royal knight Domenèch Decluér, the Count’s archenemy whose bride the Count once stole. But the blood of the Count isn’t enough for Decluér – he won’t stop until the Count’s two daughters also pay for their father’s deeds with their honour and their lives. Miranda and Soledad are barely able to escape, disguised as maids, and they hide from his henchmen in a fishing village. Decluér won’t rest until he finds the Count’s daughters, and he orders every corner of the island to be searched. One day it pays off, and one of the girls has to undertake a dangerous escape by sea while the other falls into Decluér’s hands… Eric Maron demonstrated his talent for historical novels with his debut effort, The Princess, which sold nearly 50,000 copies. The author lives in Munich.

Alan sees the pregnant Anne being pushed down a flight of stairs by a man he doesn’t recognize. Anne dies, and Alan can’t save her unborn child, either. Alan’s arrested and thrown into a dungeon as the presumed murderer of the wife he didn’t love. Then the Great Fire of London breaks out…

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Anna Veloso The Scent of the Coffee Flower 600 pages ISBN, 3-426-66162-4 February 2006

Katryn Berlinger In the Shadow of the Olive Trees 384 pages, 3-426-63217-9 May 2006

Laila El Omari The English Heiress 650 pages, 3-426-62985-2 February 2006

400.000 copies sold in Germany!! Rights sold to Spain, Finland, the Netherlands and Poland A Brazilian “Gone with the Wind” by an exciting new author

A historical novel set amid the beguiling scent of the olive trees

A historical romance set in India and London

In 1890, Fiona Turlington travels to Liguria, hoping to study with the famous painter Messalina Anguissola. But Fiona is disappointed: age has taken its toll on Messalina, which is why she turns down the commission to paint a family portrait for Fabricio Perlucci, the patriarch of a family of Genoese textile merchants. Instead, Messalina suggests Fiona for the job, and luckily Perlucci agrees.

Calcutta, 1865: Alec Delany wakes up to find himself in prison, with no idea how he got there. All he can find out is that he’s been sentenced to ten years, and that his accuser is a man he’s never met: one Lord Ashington.

Brazil, 1885: the country is still an empire, and the coffee crop fills its coffers. The coffee barons live in luxury thanks to the toils of their slaves. Seventeen-year-old Vita da Silva is considered one of the most desirable matches in the region thanks to her family’s riches and her legendary beauty. So far she has rejected all who have sought her hand, besides the good-looking journalist Leon Castro. His hair is a bit too black and his skin a bit too dark for him to be nobility – that’s a reason not to start something with him. In addition, Leon’s political stance on the rich is more than suspect: he does all he can to fight for the abolition of slavery. When Vita becomes pregnant, a disaster is in the making, because Leon has disappeared without a trace. The desperate Vita has to make a difficult decision… Ana Veloso, born in 1964, has been living in Rio de Janeiro for many years. During her extensive research for her first novel she spent much time on a Brazilian coffee plantation. Ana Veloso lives as a journalist and author in Munich.copies. The author lives in Munich.

Fiona soon falls in love with young Saverio Perlucci, Fabricio’s son. But old Messalina suspects Fabricio is trying to drive her off her property, which adjoins his. But then a precious damask silk cloth with a complicated pattern of olives and olive leaves, which was to serve as the backdrop for the portrait, disappears, and Fiona is accused of stealing it. Messalina has a heart attack and asks Fiona to take care of her olive trees. This leads to changes for Fiona: she abandons painting to work in the olive grove. She decides to mount a search for the damask cloth, and soon she discovers an old family secret. She’s related to Saverio, but there’s another twist of fate in store … This is Katryn Berlinger’s follow-up to her successful novel The Chocolate Girl. The author lives in northern Germany.

After ten long years, Alec is released from prison. After years of hardship and menial work, he secures a position as a merchant’s private secretary. The job takes him to London, where he meets Helena, daughter of Lord Ashington. Without knowing who she is, he falls in love at first sight. She takes a great risk by seeing him and even spends a night with him. Then Alec breaks it off and returns to India, because he can’t ignore the past activities of Lord Ashington, which Helena knows nothing about. Helena later finds out that she’s pregnant. She can’t escape the marriage her father has arranged, and her new husband is furious about being cheated on. Does she dare turn to Alec, who wants nothing more to do with her? Laila El Omari was born in Germany to a Palestinian father and a German mother. This is her first novel.

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Wolfgang Hohlbein Storm 608 Pages, 3-426-66168-3 January 2007

Andreas Eschbach A Video of Jesus 608 pages, 3-426-63239-X 2002 / March 2006

Thomas Thiemeyer Reptilia 400 pages, 3-426-66153-5 August 2005

The latest mystery-thriller by “the German Stephen King”

Translation rights sold to France, Italy, The Netherlands, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Russia, Poland, Czechia, Lithuania, Latvia

Translation rights sold to the Netherlands, Spain, Korea, Slovenia, Russia A gripping science thriller based on an authentic Central African legend – the monster Mokélé M'Bembé

Computer specialist Dirk Gallwynd has tried everything to find his 16-year-old daughter Akuyi, who disappeared three weeks earlier. Out of desperation, Dirk has hired a private detective, whose investigations lead to a small settlement on the banks of the Ogowe river in Africa, where the Stormbringer tribe has found a new haven and guards an unfathomable secret. Do these Stormbringers know more about natural disasters than science does? And can the knowledge of the two groups be combined? Dirk not only has to battle for his daughter, but he’s also caught up in a dangerous adventure, the stakes of which are no less than saving mankind. Wolfgang Hohlbein, born 1953, is one of the most successful of all German authors. This latest novel is the follow-up to Fire (Rights sold to Hungary and Spain) and Flood (Rights sold to Hungary), both published by Droemer.

What would happen if there were proof of Jesus’ existence ... a video for example? That’s the scenario in Andreas Eschbach’s strikingly original novel. At an excavation site in Israel, a research team unearths a grave that has been untouched for 2,000 years. They open it up and are stunned to find an instruction booklet for a video camera. The only possible explanation for the unfathomable find: someone must have tried to travel back through time by 2,000 years with the goal of filming Jesus Christ. That person’s remains lie in the excavated grave ... and the video camera with the critical tape is buried somewhere in Palestine, waiting to be discovered. But by whom? Stephen Fox, a member of the New York Explorers’ society and the man who discovered the instructions, isn’t the only one who’s obsessed with the idea of finding the camera and the allimportant tape… Andreas Eschbach is a three time winner of the German Science Fiction Award for Best Novel and also was awarded Kurd-Laßwitz Preis and PhanstastikAward.

One day David Astbury, a young London biologist, receives a call from America that changes his life forever: the wife of a famous, recently deceased geneticist asks for his help – her daughter Emily has disappeared while on an expedition in the Congo. She was there to hunt the legendary monster Mokélé M’Bembé, the sole survivor of the age of dinosaurs, which is said to live there at the bottom of the lake, and whose genetic makeup could reveal completely new information. The job strikes David as odd, but he can’t turn it down, because Emily was his first love. He soon meets the other members of the search party. Once at their destination, they encounter the pygmy Egomo, who tries to warn them. But it’s in vain: the team foolishly heads out onto the water, and soon their first meeting with the monstrous being, claims a victim ... Thomas Thiemeyer’s first novel, Medusa, earned him comparisons to Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child and Dan Brown. Thiemeyer lives in Stuttgart with his wife and two sons.

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DETECTIVE FICTION

Andreas Franz The Nightingales’ Cry 400 pages, 3-426-63251-9 February 2006

Andreas Franz Invisible Traces 500 pages, 3-426-66212-4 March 2006

Andreas Franz The Cross of Death 448 pages, 3-426-63480-5 April 2007

Over 100.000 copies sold in Germany! Peter Brandt returns to unravel another baffling mystery

An obsessive cop has to confront a killer as well as his own inner demons – The hardcover debut of Germans most successful mystery writer

The detectives from the author’s two popular series team up for a critical case

Late one evening, farmer Kurt Wrotzeck falls off of a barn and breaks his neck. Everything points to an accident.There isn’t any grieving in the Wrotzeck household or in the town, Wrotzeck was too unpopular for that. The only person he seemed to love was his son Thomas, who was supposed to take over the farm one day but didn’t want to. Wrotzeck scarcely took notice of his daughter Allegra, who has been in a vegetative state since having a bad car accident. An anonymous caller tells the police that Wrotzeck’s death was not an accident but murder. The autopsy shows that Wrotzeck received a powerful blow to the head before falling and breaking his neck. Detective Peter Brandt investigates, and he’ll have to do a lot of unraveling to get to the bottom of this one, sparring with district attorney Elvira Klein every step of the way. Andreas Franz has brought back the duo of Peter Brandt and Elvira Klein, who were previously seen in Murder in Installments. He’s also the author of the successful Julia Durant mysteries, also published by Knaur.

Sören Henning, a detective with the Kiel police, is an obsessive type who approaches his job like a man possessed, an attitude that has cost him his marriage. The reason for his obsession: five years previously he helped put a man behind bars for killing a female hitchhiker, but the man was innocent and soon committed suicide. Since then, Henning has tried to find the real killer. He attributes a number of the murders of recent years to the same person who killed the hitchhiker, but the victims are both children and adults, both male and female. The experts think Henning’s theory is farfetched – there’s no such thing as a serial killer who chooses victims totally at random! But Henning is determined. Then an 8-year-old girl named Marina is murdered, and Henning finds out that he himself is on the killer’s radar screen – he gets a demented letter from the killer that includes a short poem. The murderer begins playing a cruel game with the police, presenting them with false clues that lead them to arrest yet another innocent man ...

The mutilated corpse of district attorney Corinna Sittler is found in her house in Frankfurt. In her mouth, there’s a scrap of paper with the writing “Confiteor – mea culpa.” When Detective Julia Durant arrives at the scene of the crime it looks like a ritual murder. Working overtime on the case, the police discover that the dead woman was involved in at least three miscarriages of justice. The worst of them involved the rape and murder of a young woman, for which some men were soon arrested. The evidence against them was overwhelming, and yet when it came time for the trial, key pieces of evidence were missing. Julia and her colleagues start looking into the case of the rape victim more closely, but soon after that in nearby Offenbach, the body of a judge is found in the forest, also the victim of a gruesome murder, also with a piece of paper in his mouth with the same Latin text, also with a date etched into his skin. Detective Peter Brandt contacts his Frankfurt colleagues, and while he’s hardly friends with Durant and her team, they decide to join forces to stop the killer before he strikes again …

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Thomas Kastura The Fourth Murderer 496 pages, 3-426-19726-X September 2006

Helga Beyersdörfer Radical Cuts 272 pages, 3-426-63311-6 December 2006

Rolf Ackermann The Curse of the Florentine Diamond 450 pages, 3-426-19708-1 March 2006

The perfect Christmastime thriller, with cryptic letters and mysterious murders

Murder and black humor: a potent combination!

Translation rights sold to the Netherlands (Karakter Uitgevers) A fascinating real-life diamond as the centerpiece of a novel of intrigue

In early December, a threatening letter arrives at Cologne police headquarters. The letter warns of a planned arson attack on the subway system, set for December 23rd. The homicide division asks Clemens Raupach for help. Raupach, the onetime ace of the department, had been moved to a desk job after having killed a fugitive. At first, Raupach doesn’t believe that the letter-writer is serious. But then there’s a fire at a playground, a second threatening letter is discovered. Raupach unofficially begins to investigate. The reader knows what Raupach doesn’t, namely the identity of the letter-writer: it’s Johan Land, whose wife was pushed in front of a moving subway train on a previous December 23rd, as a number of bystanders looked on without trying to save her. Land considers those bystanders to be, in effect, the murderer’s accomplices, and he starts spying on one of them, the lovely Valerie. Suddenly several friends of Valerie’s are brutally murdered. Thomas Kastura’s previous two thrillers, The Last Lie and The Red Dot, were published by Goldmann. He lives in Bamberg.

Annika Clement, 58 and overweight, has only had one passion since her husband died: the Burghof Theater in Frankfurt. When the city council threatens to eliminate the theater’s funding, she wants to save it at any cost. And she’ll even kill to do it! Her first victim is the author of a study critical of the theater. The author of a second study proves to be bribable, but then she decides to blackmail Annika. Big mistake, because Annika just got back from a health resort where she stocked up on mushrooms and other natural ingredients… poisonous ingredients. Next thing you know, the “save the theater” project is moving right along! Annika even finds an ally and a new friend in Sabine, the assistant of the theater manager. But Sabine is suddenly murdered. Annika investigates, and discovers some shady goings-on. It turns out lots of people are guilty of lots of things, and she just might have a clever plan to save the theater… Helga Beyersdörfer is a journalist who has worked for Stern magazine, ZeitMagazin, and SAT-1 television. She lives in Hamburg and Berlin.

The Florentine Diamond, shrouded in mystery and one of the most famous and valuable gems in the world, shows up at Christie’s auction house one day, causing utter bedlam in the auction world. After all, the stone, which had belonged to maharajahs, emperors and kings over the course of its long history, had disappeared under mysterious circumstances at the beginning of the 20th century. Why has it suddenly reappeared? Three men take a particular interest in the valuable stone, and each has his own unique motive for doing so. And that means that Marie-Claire, a 40-year-old Christie’s employee, is in grave danger … Rolf Ackermann was an agent for Germany’s Ministry of the Interior for ten years. Since then, he’s been a journalist, contributing to Die Zeit, Die Welt, ZDF television and others. He lives in Vienna.

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GENERAL FICTION

Monika Bittl Born under a Stormy Sky 320 pages, 3-426-19738-3 September 2006

Franziska Wulf The Fire of Córdoba 464 Pages, 3-426-62694-2 July 2006

Kathinka Wantula The Broken Cup 448 pages, 3-426-63405-8 April 2007

A literary novel looks at the dark side of rural life through the eyes of a fascinating female protagonist

Rights sold to Russia. Part III of the exciting new time-travel trilogy by Germany’s master of the genre

Suspenseful mystic novel set in Greece

When Anntraut Speth is born, the sky turns an ominous green, and huge hailstones rain down from the heavens. The villagers are in agreement: this is a child who’ll bring bad luck. Even her own mother is paralyzed with fear. Still, the village accepts Anntraut. She’s a bright, observant girl with an alert mind. Anntraut feels more kinship with independent sorts like the midwife Gerlinde, who becomes her friend and confidante, not least because Gerlinde doesn’t attach any importance to the circumstances of Anntraut’s birth. But the rest of the villagers stick to their superstitions, and they stay far away from Anntraut every time her birthday approaches. Anntraut gradually suppresses her independent spirit because she wants to fit in – soon she’s leading a dull existence as a wife and mother. But when she becomes pregnant for the third time, the heavens turn green and huge hailstones fall from the sky ... Monika Bittl began as a journalist before becoming a successful scriptwriter. In 1996, she won the Bavarian Television Prize for one of her scripts.

Journalist Anne Niemeyer gets another visit from the past: Cosimo Mecidea gives her the “Elixir of Eternity” and asks her to travel to Spain, where she is to find Cosimo’s friend and give him the antidote to immortality. Anne does as she’s told and soon finds herself in the 16th century. To carry out her assignment, and especially to be close to her son, who remained in the past. Anne seeks a job at the court of Emperor Charles V, and is promptly hired even though she’s a woman. She soon gains the Emperor’s trust but soon finds that her own son is scheming against her – he thinks his mother is a witch. To avoid being burned at the stake, Anne flees to the mountains, where she’s able to make the antidote to immortality. She’s able to get the antidote to Cosimo’s friend, but when he dies, Anne’s son accuses her of murder and turns her over to the Inquisition … Franziska Wulf practiced medicine before deciding to make a career of her first love: writing. Among her previous novels for Knaur are the first two installments of this trilogy, The Florentine Conspiracy and The Guardians of Jerusalem.

Karen, already known to the reader from Wantula’s previous novel The White Amulet gets a new assignment from her adviser Julius – she shall write a book on the oracle site of Delphi. However, she does not know that an old well had been rediscovered in Delphi shortly. Julius being alarmed at this fears that an old drinking vessel had been found, which is supposed to be under a dreadful curse. Karen travels to Delphi and meets the attractive archaeologist Simon, whose great-grandfather had discovered the well more than hundred years ago. At that time there was an earthquake after the excavation, which filled up the well and buried his great-grandfather alive. Karen soon attracts all attention of the men surrounding her, for not only Simon does feel attracted to her, but also the Greek Niko, who helps with the excavations. He is friends with Diamantina, the “pythia” of Delphi, a fortune teller, who is the only one aware of the danger Karen and the Athenian are in, should Apollon Phebus express his fury in an earthquake again. Kathinka Wantula, born in 1967 studied English philology. She published a historical essay before starting to write novels.

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Child of the Jungle: Translated into 23 languages!

Sabine Kuegler The Call of the Jungle 320 pages, 3-426-27393-4 September 2006 Rights sold to the Netherlands (Uitgeverij Sirene) A sequel to Child of the Jungle, which spent months at #1 on the bestseller list. Ever since Sabine Kuegler left the jungles of Indonesia, a longing homesickness has burned deep inside of her. She thinks and acts like a Fayu and never really felt at home in Europe, so she returns to the jungle to find out for herself: where do I belong? From a child’s perspective, the jungle was paradise – now Sabine Kuegler describes it from the point of view of a grown woman. It’s been 15 years since she lived with the Fayu, 15 years in which much has changed. In this new account, she once again conjures up a wonderful world when she tells of meeting her old friends, seeing the animals, and experiencing the breathtaking landscapes of the jungle. But this time she contrasts that idyll with the outside world. The secluded life of the Fayu is endangered, the progress of civilization can’t be stopped, powerful business interests are exploiting the jungle’s mineral resources, and a corrupt, authoritarian government in Jakarta violently suppresses any resistance. Where Child of the Jungle was the story of a delightful, exotic childhood, this new book is the story of the Fayu’s struggle

for survival and also of Sabine Kuegler’s struggle to find her place in the world. Sabine Kuegler’s book Child of the Jungle about her childhood among the Fayu tribesmen has been a runaway bestseller with half a million copies sold in Germany, a focal point of media interest, and has been translated into 23 foreign languages to date.

Excerpt of the book: “After several glasses of my favourite drink, Es Jeruk, fresh pressed mandarins with ice and water and a stomach filled with delicious food, we leave the restaurant. I squint as we step out of the glass door. A group of Papuans stand at a nearby corner, they watch us. Theirs eyes are dark, an expression of bitterness mark their faces. I suddenly feel a pang of guilt as I look away. We do not see it, we do not hear it, we do not talk about it. An unspoken rule written into our brains since childhood. I think about the documents I had smuggled into the country, shoved between the layers of plastic in my backpack. Information of the unspoken, of the forbidden. I turn away, pushing these thoughts out of my mind. This is not my war, I think and walk to the car, the bright sun cheering me on, the familiar smells filling the air.“.

Pooja Marske Pooja – the Elephant Girl 144 Pages, 3-426-27406-X October 2006 Rights sold to the Netherlands (Uniboek) A girl’s true adventures with the elephants in India, in words and photos. Most of the year, young Pooja lives in Hamburg and goes to school like all of the other girls in Germany, but she spends the winter months in India near a jungle reservation, where she lives with elephants, sometimes for weeks at a time. The pachyderms are so comfortable with her that she can bathe with them in the river and they tickle her tenderly with their trunks. In this captivating photo book, the blonde Mowgli girl tells of her close friendship with the female elephant Shanti. Pooja Marske’s parents have documented their daughter’s experience in fascinating photos – a moving record of an unusual friendship. The book is illustrated with over 100 photos, including many full-page pictures and double-page spreads.

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Sandra Arango and Cornelia von Schelling The Rebel’s Daughter 320 pages, ISBN 3-426-77798-3 May 2006 Dutch translation rights sold to Uitgeverij Pimento The riveting memoir of a Colombian girl who was robbed of her childhood Sandra Arango was forced to be a guerillera, a member of the notorious rebel troops in Colombia. For eleven years she fought against paramilitary forces and government troops for the freedom of her country. Until one day she was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment in a prison in Bogotá. Sandra’s story begins at age 15, when her childhood ends. Her father, a highranking commandant, summons her to the training camp of the Colombian guerillas. There the girl is trained to become a fighting machine. At age 18 the young rebel is given her first weapon, and experienced guerilleros teach her how to kill. Then something happens that’s disastrous for a guerillera: she becomes pregnant, a serious violation of the laws of the rebels… Sandra Arango, now 28, was sentenced to 27 years in a women’s prison in Bogotá, a sentence which was later increased to 40 years. Journalist Cornelia von Schelling, who grew up in Colombia and Brazil, spent several weeks interviewing Arango in the maximumsecurity wing of the notorious prison.

Claudia Tabbert But my Heart Will Stay in Africa 240 pages, 3-426-77918-8 March 2007 The story of a woman who gave up everything to help sick children in Africa In life, you have to fight if you want to survive – that’s a lesson that Claudia Tabbert learned early on, having grown up in East Germany and fled to the West before the Berlin Wall came down. When she decided to accept the offer from a South African pharmaceutical firm to lead a tuberculosis project for the World Health Organization, she didn’t know she was going to be fighting for the next five years. For the kids in the tuberculosis clinic near Pretoria, life is difficult. They’re sick, and they’re often HIV-positive as well. Claudia sees to them in her free time, much to the disapproval of her colleagues. She sews warm clothes for the children, deals with government agencies on their behalf, and helps and comforts them whenever possible. One day a four-year-old named Tillis is released from the clinic, which is a death sentence for a child that age. Claudia decides to fight for him, and does so with such energy that it goes all the way to the top, to Nelson Mandela himself. Claudia Tabbert has led medical relief projects in numerous crisis-torn areas around the world.

Melissa Müller and Reinhard Piechocki Alice Herz-Sommer – “A Garden of Eden in the Middle of Hell” 368 pages, 3-426-27389-6 September 2006 The story of surviving a concentration camp is just one part of this amazing life Fifteen thousand children were deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, and only 130 survived. Six-year-old Raphael Sommer was one of them. He survived thanks to his mother, the pianist Alice Herz-Sommer. Yet this book is much more than a holocaust story: it’s the wonderful life story of the author, who was born in Prague in 1903. It was the Prague of Franz Kafka, who was like a brother to Alice. In 1943, Alice, her husband, and her sixyear-old son were sent to Theresienstadt. Alice’s husband was sent on to Dachau and died there, but Alice and Raphael miraculously avoided transport to Auschwitz. Alice survived thanks to her musical talent: she even played Chopin for the prisoners. In the inhuman world of the camp, music kept a glimmer of humanity alive for her son. It’s the story of a mother’s love for her son and an artist’s love of music, and it’s a story of the power of love. Alice Herz-Sommer, born in Prague, is a pianist who lives in London. She turned 102 on November 26, 2005.

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Set in Germany’s darkest chapter of history: – a fatal love story – a contemporary – biography – a psychoanalysis of – an SS-officer

Gisela Heidenreich More Than Just my Life 400 pages, 3-426-27381-0 March 2007 The author is shocked to find that her mother had a secret love affair that tied into the darkest chapter in German history While cleaning out the basement after her mother’s death, Gisela Heidenreich finds over 100 letters in a chest of drawers. It’s correspondence between her mother and the love of her life, a man whose existence she always kept secret from her daughter. Suddenly old wounds are reopened. And Gisela begins to search for a woman who always evaded her. The author’s detective work, reveals the following story: Emmi, the author’s mother, is summoned to testify at the Nuremberg trials in April 1947. The testimony is only supposed to take a couple of days, but days turn into months, and she’s kept in a cell in the witnesses’ wing of the prison. Her existence is no different than that of the war criminals on trial. But on her very first day there, she meets Horst Wagner, an educated man who uses his position as “internee representative” to make her life easier. The two fall in love, and they write love letters to one another from their cells. But Emmi buries this love deep in her heart, and with good reason: Horst Wagner was a senior legation counselor in the personal staff of foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop, and as an SS

Standartenführer, Horst ensured the influence of the Reichsführer SS, Heinrich Himmler, on the German Foreign Office. On his many foreign trips in this position, Wagner saw to the registration of European Jews and smoothed the way for Adolf Eichmann and his thugs to deport Jews. Wagner was able to escape before the American prosecutors truly realized who they had in their grasp, Before he could be prosecuted as an accessory to the murder of more than 350,000 Jews, for the wrongful imprisonment of 158,000 Jews and for his participation in the murder of a French general, he had already gone underground. In 1953 he was even taken into custody briefly, but he was quickly freed again, because the Italian government granted him political asylum. From 1954 on, he lived in Franco’s Spain before returning to Germany in 1958, where he died a free man in 1977, without ever being prosecuted for his actions. Through 1954, Horst Wagner and Emmi were in constant contact: via letters, but also through secret meetings. They met in Rome a few times. What begins as a personal search for clues turns into a story with great relevance to modern German history. Gisela Heidenreich was born in a Lebensbornheim in Norway, an institution set up by Hitler’s Germany for unmarried women who were pregnant with the children of SS men. Her bestselling book The Neverending Year was the chronicle of that chapter of her life. The author, lives with her family near Munich.

Zubin Mehta My Life, Set to Music 300 pages, 3-426-27377-2 April 2006 Rights sold to Israel (Matar Publishing House) The first book about the spectacular life of the popular conductor Zubin Mehta, one of the world’s most famous conductors, is born in Bombay. His father teaches Zubin to play the violin. But despite this early exposure to music, Zubin decides to study medicine. However, he drops out after two semesters – the call of music is too strong. So the 18-year-old is sent to faraway Vienna to the Academy of Music. At first he studies contrabass and piano, but even then he dreams of being a conductor. And he’s fortunate: Hans Swarowsky, the most famous teacher of conducting at the time, takes him on as a student, and becomes his advocate and mentor. Then, in 1961, he is given his big break: the opportunity to direct both the Vienna and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. Mehta goes from living modestly in Vienna to being an in-demand international star. But this book also tells us about Mehta as a person. His political activism on behalf of Israel, his exotic religion, Parsism, and his influences. Zubin Mehta is currently at work on Wagner’s “Ring”. He turned 70 in April 2006.

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Kurt Blüchel The Super-Sense 368 Pages, 3-426-27397-7 February 2007

Pierre Franckh 21 Ways to Find Love 240 pages, ISBN 3-426-66224-8 November 2006

Margit Schönberger Don’t Worry, be Fifty 288 pages, 3-426-27388-8 February 2006

An expedition through the realm of the puzzling and inexplicable

Does love mean the same thing to everyone? Inspirational reflections and stories. An ideal gift book

A very personal approach to women of the generation best-ager

– Animals always seem to know when a natural disaster is coming, be it a tsunami, an earthquake, or a volcanic eruption. But how do animals have this advance warning? – Anyone who listens for the chaffinch’s “rain call” knows when to make preparations for bad weather. But how does the chaffinch know it’s going to rain? This book investigates these and many more phenomena, and as the author opens up a largely unknown part of our world, it becomes more apparent how all processes in life are tied together: through electro-magnetic fields and currents that radiate from plants, animals and people, out into the environment. There’s much evidence that it’s not only plants and animals that have “antennae” for these electromagnetic messages, but that man once did as well. It’s only man’s development of language that has caused our sensitivity to this form of communication to diminish. The author also takes the next step and examines how human beings might put these phenomena to work for us. Kurt Blüchel is author of many sensational books, most notably Bionics, which won the “Corine” International Book Award.

In his new book, Pierre Franckh addresses the subject of love in a very special way: he chooses words that most of us associate with love, sex, and relationships, for example “trust,” “tenderness,” “ecstasy,” “happiness” … and writes about them in a perceptive, pensive, and absolutely humorous way, but never being intellectual or distant. It’s everyday philosophy in the best sense of the term. Until 2004, Pierre Franckh was known to millions mainly as an actor, screenwriter, and producer. But then came his surprising bestseller Rules for Happiness in Love, which struck a chord with readers and gained Mr. Franckh a huge following as an author as well.

Orange skin and non-working anti-wrinkle cream – these are only some of the shocking experiences, when you turn 50. More important however is the message: There is more to win than to lose, for nowadays women over 50 already know what they are worth. Long since the publicity has discovered them as consumers with a high potential to buy and much leisure time. And as soon as women come into the age, when their children leave home, the world is full of possibilities indeed. There is even to discover a new quality of life with more coolness, courage and freedom. Margit Schönberger tells very personally about the wonderful promises, big opportunities and wild rebellions of the second half of life – openly, unvarnished and with a twinkle in her eye. A book that could not be more up to date. Not always politically correct, sometimes even provocative and breaking little taboos – but welcomed by many. Margit Schönberger became famous “press woman” at Bertelsmann. 2001 she wrote the book My Boss is an Asshole, Yours too? Shortly after this she started up her one literary agency, which has become very successful. She is married and lives in Munich.

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Manfred Lütz Enjoyment of Life 272 pages, 3-426-77695-2 August 2006

Lotte Kühn How to Hate your Teacher 224 pages, 3-426-77834-3 December 2005

Jürgen Grässlin The DaimlerChrysler Disaster 304 pages, ISBN 3-426-27267-9 November 2005

Doctors aren’t gods, and fitness isn’t everything!

Rights sold to Korea (Golden Owl Inc) Personal requital of a mother who knows what she is talking about

The leading expert on Daimler Chrysler tells of mismanagement by two of Europe’s (supposed) top executives

What do we need to do to have more fun and enjoy life more? And please don’t say “get carried away with striving for hyperfitness,” “old age without wrinkles,” or “artificial self-denial when it comes to eating.” We’re very serious when it comes to going on crazy diets, burning cancer into our skin, or jogging till our lungs fall out. And yet we still think we don’t look good enough! According to Manfred Lütz, the dogged apostles of healthy living, the fitness gurus, and the high priests of eternal beauty are just spoiling our enjoyment of life. Lütz’s astute (and very enjoyable) writing analyzes health as a wacky fundamentalist religion: hospitals have become like cathedrals, the ritual of taking pills is reminiscent of the way monks approach eating, and so on. The apostles of health are going to hate this book, and so will the demi-gods in the white coats. Lütz is battling for more enjoyment of life, and he’s got the best arguments on his side.

As soon as the child of one’s own starts school, grown-ups are again confronted with the worries of school. Lotte Kühn knows from her own experience what she is talking about. She is single parent of four schoolchildren. Of one thing she is sure – Teacher do one of the most difficult jobs of our society and however, they do it badly. Actually, this professional group has not changed so much during the last decades – there are still teachers, who interfere in everything, control too much, pretend to be sick for ten weeks, always insist that they are in the right, and have more pull if there is any doubt. And that’s the end of that – Lotte Kühn points out the problems and shows us how teachers really are – unprofessional, childish, lazy, arrogant, helpless, absolutely stressed and furthermore they do not know anything about children and they cannot cope. However, there is hope, for they do exist – good teachers. The last chapter is dedicated to them only.

Psychologist Manfred Lütz is the head physician of a Cologne hospital. He first gained fame as an author through his book A Psychoanalysis of the Catholic Church.

Lotte Kühn born 1960 grew up in a teachers’ household and thus she could gain extensive experience with this profession. Her children are in the second, fourth, seventh and ninth grade.

The boss of DaimlerChrysler leaves, and the stock price soars – not very flattering for ex-CEO Jürgen Schrempp. He certainly has a long series of flops to answer for. The man has survived many other crises, and he was always protected by his colleagues on the board. Now this support was withdrawn. What’s the reason for Schrempp’s hurried resignation with two years to go on his contract? The Stuttgart DA’s office conducted a large-scale raid on the corporation’s headquarters. But the scandals run deeper, says author Grässlin. He has found out about another story entirely, regarding systematic business deals on the “gray market” involving the CEO’s brother. There’s also the matter of artificially inflated sales statistics that up until now have hidden the true dimensions of the disaster that Schrempp and his patron Kopper have wrought. Jürgen Grässlin has written extensively about the automobile and armaments industries. Among his successful books for Droemer are biographies of auto-industry executives Jürgen Schrempp and Ferdinand Piëch.

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Paul Badde The Face of the Lord 320 pages, ISBN 3-629-02149-2 March 2006

Josef Dirnbeck Jesus - Truth and Falsehoods 270 pages, 3-426-77968-4 August 2006

Alexander Schick Breaking the Da Vinci Code 160 pages, ISBN 3-426-77955-2 May 2006

Rights sold to Poland Rediscovered at last: the most precious piece of fabric in the history of mankind

The truth about Jesus of Nazareth

70.000 copies sold in Germany! Rights sold to Poland For the first time, a true expert analyzes – and debunks – the historical basis for the bestseller

It seems unbelievable: a man says he’s discovered the true countenance of Jesus. The esteemed author Paul Badde says that in Manopello, a remote town in Italy’s Abruzzo region, he’s found a secret picture which fulfils our desire to come face to face with Jesus. 2,000 years old rumours say that the picture is not drawn by human hands but rather is the legendary Veil of St. Veronica. Millions of pilgrims journeyed to admire this picture. Suddenly there was a disaster, the criminal dimension of which is reconstructed in detail by the author: the picture disappeared… Badde researches the historical puzzle. The hundreds of puzzle pieces come together, and suddenly he’s in a forgotten town in Abruzzo standing before a cloth made of byssus, the most expensive fabric of ancient times, and is forced to realize: this is the picture of Jesus. Historian, journalist, and author Paul Badde was a longtime correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung before moving to Die Welt, for whom he reported first from Jerusalem and now from Rome and the Vatican.

“Jesus didn’t die on the cross, but was married to Mary Magdalene and had children” – even before the success of Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, many readers wondered if there was anything to that theory. The part about Jesus not dying on the cross seems to have almost attained general acceptance, and supposedly the Shroud of Turin is the proof. There are several “known” gravesites of Jesus. There are also conflicting legends about the origins of Jesus. It’s been stated repeatedly that he didn’t live in Jerusalem but in Saudi Arabia. And he emigrated to India, Japan, or the USA. And these are just the “more plausible” theories! In this book, Josef Dirnbeck examines these outrageous ideas point for point, and makes short work of them. In doing so, he presents an amazingly precise profile of Jesus Christ. And he brings to light what most of the abovementioned theorists have simply overlooked: the historical facts. Josef Dirnbeck is one of the most respected theological non-fiction authors. Several of his previous books have been published by Pattloch. He’s also a frequent contributor to newspapers, magazines, radio and television.

Dan Brown’s novel “The Da Vinci Code” has been a fixture on bestseller lists throughout the world. What made the book special is not just the thrilling plot, but also the author’s thesis that Jesus Christ was a mere mortal who fathered children with Mary Magdalene! If this were to be proven, it would of course shake the very foundations of the Catholic Church. As far back as the 4th century, Constantine ordered thousands of manuscripts to be destroyed because they told of a mortal Jesus. This is the first time Brown’s thesis has been explored by a true expert: Alexander Schick is a recognized Dead Sea Scrolls scholar who participated in the excavations in the caves of Qumran. He shows that Dan Brown’s theories about these scrolls are pure fantasy. But he also takes a critical look at other themes from the novel such as secret societies, the Holy Grail, Leonardo Da Vinci, and more. Alexander Schick, who has authored several books on the Dead Sea Scrolls, has also served as curator of exhibits on the Bible and the scrolls that have been seen by hundreds of thousands.

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Klaus Berger Divided Faiths are a Betrayal of God 288 pages, 3-629-02135-2 February 2006

Werner Kaltefleiter/Hanspeter Oschwald Spies in the Vatican 300 pages, 3-629-02126-3 April 2006

Christianity can be united!

Rights sold to Bulgaria (Emas Publishers) New discoveries, based on previously unseen documents from the Eastern Bloc

This book is a surprise coming from this author. While he himself has gone back and forth between denominations, he is publicly considered the epitome of an anti-ecumenicist, because to this point his position on the question of intercommunion has been a decidedly restrictive one. Here, Klaus Berger presents an absolutely ecumenical book that makes a passionate argument for the speedy reunification of the denominations and describes a specific way that this reunification can, in a reasonably short period of time, lead to definite and irreversible results. Professor Berger is the expert in Germany on New Testament exegesis (interpretation) and early Christianity, and that’s why the author’s argument is decidedly a biblical one. He takes certain excerpts and draws radical conclusions from them. Berger positions himself as the forerunner of a new, liberating ecumenical school of thought. Klaus Berger professor of New Testament Theology in Heidelberg, is one of the most successful Christian theologians of the present day. His successful book Jesus (35,000 copies sold to date) was also published by Pattloch.

What the authors have discovered about this era reads like a thriller at times. Their basic thesis is that all dictators, whether “reds” or “brownshirts,” were afraid of the Pope, because the Pope is leader of the world’s largest religious denomination, with over one billion members worldwide. While the dictators sensed a threat to their atheist system and thus hounded the Pope and the Church, the West tried to use the Church as its instrument to bring about coups. The book describes all of the key activities of Western and Eastern secret services, and the consequences thereof, from 1939 to today: the Third Reich’s plans to kidnap the Pope, take him hostage, and murder him, the role of Polish and Bulgarian secret services in the planning of an assassination attempt on John Paul II, and also how the Vatican was able to thwart these plans throughout the years. Werner Kaltefleiter was the chief religion reporter for German TV network ZDF for over a decade. Hanspeter Oschwald is a longtime Rome-based correspondent for Focus magazine.

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Freddy Derwahl One Came by Bicycle, One by Sports Car 304 Pages, 3-629-02137-9 March 2006 Benedict XVI and Hans Küng – a dual portrait One came from a middle-class home, one from the country. Vatican Council II brought them together. Then Hans Küng brought Joseph Ratzinger with him to the theological faculty of the University of Tübingen. Küng drove to lectures in a sporty Alfa Romeo, Ratzinger came on his bicycle. One was a proponent of modern thinking, the other a brilliant advocate of tradition. After the student unrest of 1968, their paths diverged. One headed for the countryside. The other, as spokesman for a new, open, liberal Church, became a cult figure among modern-thinking Christians. Hans Küng became a theological author of international renown, while Ratzinger became Benedict XVI, the 246th Pope of the Catholic Church. This book tells the story of the exciting lives of the two great men of the Catholic Church, who once were friends and became bitter opponents. Freddy Derwahl, journalist and theologian, is “Belgium’s best-known Germanlanguage writer,” according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He has written several books on religious topics for Pattloch.

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Michael Langer Saints: The 100 Greatest Stories of Faith 608 Pages, 3-629-02130-1 October 2006 Famous Christians write about their favourite saints – 100 gripping profiles The author approached 100 famous Christians – including two Cardinals – and asked each to write a profile of a saint he or she knew well, was interested in, and loved. These saints from across the centuries come to life in these profiles; they aren’t put on a pedestal, rather, the reader experiences them as people of flesh and blood, as real people who have their failings as well. But they’re people of great courage and great faith in God, people with passion. One is amazed how unconventional they were, and with what strength they expressed their convictions. It’s a history of the Church through lots of smaller, captivating stories. A book that inspires and isn’t easy to put down. The 100 greatest role models in Christianity, whether canonized or “saints” in a figurative sense, include St. Augustine, Mother Theresa, Roger of Taizé, John Paul II, Thomas More, Martin Luther King, St. Carlo Borromeo, and many more. Dr. Michael Langer is a Professor of Religion at the universities of Regensburg and Dortmund and a successful author on theological topics.

Luc Serafin The Book of Divine Answers 512 Pages, 3-629-02150-6 August 2006

Bernhard Meuser The Emergency Prayer Kit 96 pages, 3-629-02121-2 August 2006

The book with answers to (almost) everything

Prayers for when you really need them!

People ask, “What’s going to happen tomorrow? Whom can I trust? Should I change jobs or careers? Will I meet the love of my life? What’s going to happen to my children?”

If there’s one sort of prayer that’s familiar to believers and non-believers alike, it’s the quick prayers you say in emergencies and other trying situations, the prayers that come from deep in your subconscious.

The book with all of the answers to everything doesn’t exist. And yet, here’s a book that you can address these sorts of questions to. The reader is invited to join a spiritual game -- you open the book to any page and get a divinely good answer! You’re probably saying to yourself, “That will never work.” Give it a try! The “answers” aren’t an oracle to be followed blindly, and they’re not magic – they’re like puzzles to be solved. They’re food for thought that frees us from the fatal obsession with ourselves. We cast our gaze elsewhere, become pensive, and through a little push from “the man upstairs,” find new solutions. The Christian author Luc Serafin was born in 1953 near Mainz. Previously he published wisdom texts and witty gift books.

But what not many know is that these emergency prayers actually have a spiritual tradition and aren’t just a last resort for “heathens” who are in deep trouble. There are set phrasings, sayings and invocations that are collected here for the first time. Each has a little story that gives it depth and that will spur people to integrate this fascinating form of prayer into their lives. It’s a gift book and an emergency kit in one! Bernhard Meuser (*1953) is publisher at Pattloch and religious author. 1989 he was awarded the “Catholic Price for journalists” and is member of the “European Academy of science and art”. At last his evening meditations When the Day Ends were published in the year 2005 by Pattloch.

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Ruediger Dahlke Eating Properly 240 pages, 3-426-66564-6 February 2006 Rights sold to Czechia (Valuskova) The new standard work on healthy and pleasurable eating Experts keep on presenting new theories on healthy food, balanced nutrition and the most effective way to lose weight. Many of these approaches are not suitable to give an appetite and to support health for a long time. Ruediger Dahlke manages to forge these links. In his standard work he describes how one can prevent weight problems and win new energy for life. Eating is much more than just nourishing. The author also treats the main aspects all about nutrition and sums them up on the current level of knowledge. From the content: • Advantages and risks of vegetarian • nutrition • Cultural influences • Sports as indispensable measure for a • healthy lifestyle • Diseases connected with nutrition • such as diabetes and anorexia • Ingredients of food Ruediger Dahlke is doctor for naturopathy, psychotherapist and homeopath. As author and trainer he is one of the most well known person of health movement and psychosomatic medicine.

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Joachim Faulstich The Healing Conciousness – Miracle and Hope at the Border of Medicine 272 pages, 3-426-66557-3 September 2006

Thomas Hohensee Illumination in Seven Days – Buddha’s Great Promise 240 pages, 3-426-66582-4 September 2006

People believing in the healing power of the spirit and in spiritual help are healthier than others

Buddha’s doctrine combined with congnitive psychology

The author approaches the subject with many case studies through all continents and time. Which part plays the spirit, when people recover from seemingly incurable diseases? Is it possible to create pictures in mind which cause spontaneous healings? Does the soul know how to heal decades lasting migraine and neurodermatitis maybe even multiple sclerosis and cancer? Based on amazing case studies the author takes us on a journey through place and time – from the healing rituals of the Indians in the Amazon region over the dream temples of antique Greece to the laboratories of the brain researchers, where believe and hope are revealed as concealed powers of self-healing. Spirit can perform miracles and miracles do not occur against nature, but in the opposite of what we know about nature. Joachim Faulstich born in 1950 has been TV-journalist since 1970. He is author and producer of many TV documentaries. He had been awarded 14 national and international prizes and was nominated for the Grimme Preis.

Buddha’s story of life is described as an example for the way to illumination. The author combines old Buddhist traditions and wisdoms with the findings of modern psychology. Buddha said that many people experience illumination or reincarnation only after seven years of carefulness. The author bases on this myth and tries to explain to the reader the way to illumination in seven days. He tells Siddharta Gautama’s story of life, who became Buddha later on. His way shall be an example for the way to illumination and the findings which Buddha has collected during the last years shall be reduced to the seven-days-formula. By means of practical hints for everyday life this formula gets understandable and practicable for everybody.

Thomas Hohensee born in 1955 worked as lawyer and debtor consultant, before he finished a training at the Deutsche Institut for rational-emotive and cognitive behaviour therapy. He lives as author and coach for personality development in Hamburg.

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Petra Hirscher Healing and Cooking With Aloe Vera 160 pages, 3-426-64359-6 September 2006

Dr. Elisabeth Veit Healing and Cooking with Ayurveda 160 pages, 3-426-64226-3 October 2005

A beautifully designed book with a lavish layout – an ideal gift

A beautifully designed Ayurveda book, an ideal gift

This is the first comprehensive book about “the queen of the medicinal plants,” aloe vera. Beautifully designed, this jewel of a book shows the reader the many uses of aloe vera for inner and outer beauty and health!

Ayurveda is a holistic method of preventing and treating illness that was developed in India some 4,000 years ago. It states that one’s entire health depends on the balance of all bodily and spiritual functions. In this beautifully designed book, the spotlight is on the tradition of ayurvedic nutrition and healing.

The first recorded writings on the juice of the aloe vera were made in ancient Egypt. This plant’s “blood” was thought to give one beauty, good health, and longevity. Both Cleopatra and Nefertiti treasured the soothing juice and used it for their daily skin care. To use aloe vera was to strive for physical beauty. At the dawn of the modern era, Spanish conquistadors brought the plant to Central America, the West Indies, and Bolivia. The Mayas gave it the name “fountain of youth.” Thus, the colorful design of this book is oriented toward images of the Mayan culture. In addition to the cosmetic uses of the plant, this book looks at its medicinal uses and also includes recipes for cooking with aloe vera. Petra Hirscher works as a free-lance specialized book author and has written numerous guides and other non-fiction books.

Elisabeth Veit introduces the reader to the basics of ayurveda and shows how traditional Indian knowledge can help us in our everyday lives here in the West. The book includes over 40 recipes. Dr. Elisabeth Veit is a student of the Indian Ayurveda doctor Prof. S. N. Gupta from Gujarat. She is an author specializing in medicinal topics.

Petra Hirscher Healing and Cooking with Hildegard von Bingen 160 pages, 3-426-64102-X September 2004 Rights sold to Poland (Wydawnictwo Pax) Naturopathy from the monastery – based on descents of ancient doctors and Benedictine tradition Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179) is considered to be one of the most prominent female figure in Germany of the Middle Ages – the first natural scientist und doctor. She was poet, composer and one of the biggest mystic. The reader shall be kidnapped into the world of Hildegard von Bingen by means of a aesthetically high-quality layout and shall learn about her knowledge for everyday life. After an introduction into Hildegard’s medical-science the most important medical plants and remedies are presented from a to z. All this knowledge is applied in recipes for detoxications and fasting cures. The reader comes to know how one can use the traditional knowledge of the monasteries to cure disorders of everyday life.

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Ursula Summ Eat.Yourself.Thin Fast FoodCombining Recipes 96 pages, 3-426-64321-9 August 2006 Over 120 recipes – 30 minutes preparation each – from the food-combining expert The sequel of Ursula Summ’s two previous books on food-combining – a cookery book with over 120 recipes. The author exclusively presents meals according to the food-combining method and the third stage (endless programme) of her new diet-programme “eat.yourself.thin”. The book consists of recipes which take 30 minutes to be prepared, an eat.yourself.thin.-table and tips for the family kitchen. In this practical book the reader finds a short theoretical introduction into the new three-stage Summ-concept as well as recipes suitable for the third stage, the endless programme and food-combining. The author points out the first two stages theoretically, they are explained detailed in her first two books. Ursula Summ, born 1948, had problems with her weight and her health as a young woman. In 1987 she discovered the Hay food combining principles. Her own food combining diet has been a success for over 25 years. She teaches weight-loss courses and seminars, and she has sold over four million books to date. Ursula Summ lives with her family in Spain.

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Michael Hamm Food Medicine 160 pages, 3-426-64313-8 February 2006

Verena Breitenbach and Katarina Katic Serotonin: The Happiness Hormone 144 pages, 3-426-64372-3 November 2006

Food to battle the most common illnesses and health problems

Solve your mood problems by giving your serotonin a natural boost

In the future, everyone will have to take more responsibility for his or her own health, and nutrition is one of the most important factors. In this guide, successful author Dr. Michael Hamm describes which foods put you in good moods, support your mental fitness and lead to better-looking skin.

Do you sometimes feel depressed, listless, nervous, or even aggressive? Do you have trouble concentrating? Do you suffer from migraines and lack of sleep? Do you eat to cheer yourself up? Then it’s very likely you belong to the segment of the population that consumes or produces too little serotonin.

– Easy to read, arranged by everyday health problems and nutrition-related illnesses – With health tests to evaluate yourself and your supply of vitamins, minerals, etc.

Serotonin – together with other neurotransmitters – is the key to a balanced, happy, even euphoric mood. In her latest guide, Verena Breitenbach shows how a deficiency of this happiness hormone arises, how you can use tests to find out which hormones you’re lacking, and how certain foods can fill your reserves back up. And one more effect: not only can you “eat yourself happy,” you can get rid of a few extra pounds in doing so, and practically overnight.

For example, the “stress” chapter shows how you can protect yourself from stress by eating right. It mentions a common mistake: sugar doesn’t really help your nerves! But consider magnesium, that’s the anti-stress mineral! And there’s a test to determine whether you’re eating enough of the nutritional elements that help alleviate stress. Dr. Michael Hamm is a dietitian specializing in sports nutrition and nutritional education. He’s an advisor to the popular magazine Fit For Fun and a professor at the College of Applied Sciences in Hamburg.

Dr. Verena Breitenbach is well-known to the public thanks to her health show “Dr. Verena Breitenbach” on the Pro7 network.

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H E A LT H Y N U T R I T I O N

Christine Weiner No Diet is the Best Diet 192 pages, 3-426-64371-5 October 2006

Sven-David Müller-Nothmann, Claudia Reimers Cinnamon against Sugar 80 pages, 3-426-64264-6 July 2005

Sven-David Müller-Nothmann / Irina Baumbach Cinnamon against Sugar-Recipes 112 pages, 3-426-64452-5 September 2006

Sven-David Müller-Nothmann The Red Light / Green Light Vitamin Guide 112 pages, 3-426-64364-2 August 2006

Sven-David Müller-Nothmann The Red Light / Green Light Calories-Guide 112 pages, 3-426-64316-2 September 2005

Sven-David Müller-Nothmann The Red Light / Green Light GX-Guide 112 pages, 3-426-64380-4 February 2006

Prof. Dr. Christoph Rosak / Magdalena Baumann Cooking Low-Priced for Diabetics 96 pages, 3-426-64360-X September 2006

Prof. Dr. Michael Hamm The GX-Diet 112 pages, 3-426-64332-4 February 2006

Susanne Raht The GX-Diet Cookery Book 160 pages, 3-426-64361-8 February 2006

FITNESS

Christoph Bamberger Live Better, Live Longer 256 pages, ISBN 3-426-64280-8 February 2006 20.000 copies sold in Germany! Rights sold to Romania Advice from an expert, Germany’s first Professor of Anti-Aging Getting older is something that can’t be prevented! But why not stay young while you age? Don’t get wrinkles. Don’t turn gray. Keep your teeth – and keep them white. And whatever you do, stay healthy. Christoph Bamberger is Germany’s first professor of Anti-Aging. At the University of Hamburg he develops individual plans for the later years of life. His subject area is new to science. This book aims to offer the reader a critical look at anti-aging. Because age is not an illness, but a process that one can experience in a vital and healthy fashion, it’s possible to reduce one’s “biological” age by ten years. In a 4-step program, the reader learns how optimizing one’s life, using prevention measures, and perhaps even hormone substitution, can help one keep up one’s health. The book includes a “prevention map” for various stages of life and a test to help the reader find out his or her true age. Prof. Christoph Bamberger is in charge of the department of Endocrinology at the University of Hamburg. The 38-yearold professor is an interesting and eloquent personality who has already been featured in the media on many occasions.

Rosi Mittermaier, Christian Neureuther and Andreas Wilhelm The Complete Guide to Nordic Walking 128 pages, 3-426-64341-3 March 2006 French and Dutch rights sold to Belgium (ZNU) Master this popular new sport in seven easy steps The Scandinavian sport known as Nordic walking has soared in popularity throughout central Europe in the last couple of years. The number of active Nordic walkers has increased ninefold according to the magazine Fit For Fun, and the sport’s popularity continues to grow. That’s mostly because the sport appeals to a broad segment of the population. This guide teaches the unique ALFA technique, which simplifies a beginner’s grasp of Nordic walking. The keys to ALFA are an erect posture, keeping the arm long and the poles flat, and correctly measuring one’s steps. The technique, which is learned in seven easy steps, was invented by Andreas Wilhelm of the German Nordic Walking Association, together with skiing legends Rosi Mittermaier and Christian Neureuther. Christian Neureuther is the winner of six skiing World Cups. His wife Rosi Mittermaier has nine World Cups to her credit and crowned her career with a gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. Their co-author Andreas Wilhelm is a certified instructor of Nordic walking and Nordic inline skating, and downhill skiing.

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Rosi Mittermaier, Christian Neureuther and Andreas Wilhelm Nordic Walking for a Healthy Back 96 pages, 3-426-64376-6 October 2006 Strengthen your back with a program designed by top athletes In their latest guide, the authors show how to use Nordic walking to ease back pain, or better yet, to avoid it altogether! Anyone who can master the 7-step ALFA technique has found the ideal method to increase his or her endurance, strengthen core muscles, and take pressure off the spine. In addition, a therapeutic complementary training program is detailed, it consists of a multitude of exercises to strengthen, mobilize, stabilize, stretch, and relax the back.

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WELLNESS

Ulrike and Detlef Grunert Ayurvedic Yoga 128 pages, 3-426-64324-3 February 2006

Rainer Matejka Secret Causes of Diseases 144 pages, 3-426-64375-8 October 2006

Relieve stress with the combination of two popular methods

The things doctors overlook – here’s help for unexplained symptoms

The origins of yoga and ayurveda are very closely related, and their philosophical foundations are almost identical. The goal of both yoga and ayurveda is to relieve physical and emotional tension, to rediscover peace, relaxation and selfconfidence. Ayurveda involves classifying a person according to one of three types based on his or her bio-energies. But many people are a combination of these types, making seven types in all. For each type, there’s a certain form of nutrition, a proper type of exercise and the correct therapy, etc.

Constant digestive problems, persistent bladder infections, or chronic fatigue … and no treatment does any good? Usually those afflicted with such recurring problems have made their way through many a doctor’s office before anyone gets the idea to look for the cause rather than just treating the symptoms. That’s because the causes, usually long-lasting infections or other “disruptions,” can be hidden in a completely different part of the body. The worst part is that in such a case, there often aren’t any symptoms at the spot where the illness is actually located.

This guide, including a CD, aims to reactivate the unique combination of ayurveda and yoga. And while professional literature on this topic exists, this is the first book on the topic that’s suitable for the layman. The reader can discover his or her type and practice the appropriate concentration methods, breathing, and relaxation exercises from yoga.

The author, shows in his newest book where these secret sicknesses can be hiding, how to recognize them, and what one can do about their effects on other parts of the body. Typical warning signs are detailed that let you recognize if your intestines, sinuses, teeth, bladder, tonsils etc. are endangering your health.

Ulrike Grunert runs a yoga center in Nördlingen. Her husband, Dr. Detlef Grunert, is a pediatrician who’s also the medical director of an ayurveda center, and holds seminars on nutrition and stress management.

Dr. Rainer Matejka, a general practitioner specializing in natural healing methods, runs his own clinic in Kassel. He’s also editor-in-chief of the magazine Der Naturarzt and has written numerous books on health-related topics.

Prof. Dr. Dieter Felsenberg / Dr. Martin Runge Building up Muscles Smoothly 128 pages, 3-426-64378-2 September 2006

Ingrid Sitte-Nadler Relaxing with Qi Gong 80 pages + CD, 3-426-64348-0 August 2006

Uschi Ostermeier-Sitkowski The Big Basical Yoga Book 160 pages, 3-426-64377-4 September 2006

WELLNESS

Jane Kennedy One Day Off 96 pages, 3-426-64336-7 February 2006

Jane Kennedy One Day Fitness 96 pages, 3-426-64340-5 February 2006

Cara Bijou One Day Love 96 pages, 3-426-64458-4 October 2006

Jane Kennedy One Day Sex 96 pages, 3-426-64448-7 July 2006

Anita Heßman-Kosaris Water is the Best Medicine 144 pages, 3-426-64307-3 February 2006

Birgit Kaltenthaler Feet Reflexology Massage 144 pages, 3-426-64429-0 October 2006

Nadja Nollau Feng Shui – You are as you Live 144 pages, 3-426-64369-3 January 2007

Matthias Mala Relaxing with Finger Yoga 80 pages, 3-426-64217-4 February 2006

Marita Hennig Relaxing Muscles Progressively 80 pages, 3-426-64247-6 February 2006

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Dr. Robert Bachmann Acid-Base Guide 144 pages, 3-426-64305-7 March 2006

Prof. Dr. Froesch / Elisabetta Matelli Diabetes – 600 Questions, 600 Answers 320 pages, 3-426-64304-9 February 2006

Uschi Ostermeier-Sitkowski Training for the Eyes 128 pages, 3-426-64173-9 February 2005

Dr. Med. Barbara Hendel Painless Joints 96 pages, 3-426-64457-6 November 2006

Dr.med. Helga Eisele / Gerda Pighin / Bärbel Schermer Lady’s Mantle and Witch Hazel 128 pages, 3-426-64373-1 October 2006

Dr. med. Karola Scheffer Knaurs Homeopathy Guide 192 pages, 3-426-64374-X October 2006

Dr. Claudia-Viktoria Schwörer Treat Yourself with Schuessler-Salts 272 pages, 3-426-64346-4 September 2006

Bernd Neumann Effective Remedy for Tinnitus 96 pages, 3-426-64309-X February 2006

Angela Martens Naturally Healthy with Elder 96 pages, 3-426-64303-0 March 2006

FA M I LY CA R E

Beatrix Kruse Baby-Management 224 pages, 3-426-64351-0 September 2006

Marion Jetter Healthy Baby Nutrition 96 pages, 3-426-64398-7 September 2006

Prof. Dr. Richard Michaelis The First Five Years 256 pages, 3-426-64260-3 October 2006

Ilona Weöres / Antje Anders Pregnant with Nelly 240 pages, 3-426-64228-X February 2006

Lilli Stollowsky Single Mama 128 pages, 3-426-64261-1 February 2006

Dr. med. Gabi Hoffbauer First Aid for Children 96 pages, 3-426-64229-8 September 2006

Petra Kunze / Gerald Schmidecke Boys 128 pages, 3-426-64402-9 September 2006

Do less and accomplish more – new rules for a relaxed and happy first year of motherhood Young mothers are under a lot of pressure these days: having a C-section is called shirking responsibility, one is told to feed the baby nothing but hand-prepared bio-food, and any mother who wants to resume her career is dubbed a bad mother. But more and more mothers are tired of those sorts of rules. Beatrix Kruse, herself a mother of two and the former editor-in-chief of a parenting magazine, is well-versed in this subject, and in her new book she advocates a more relaxed and indeed more “selfish” approach to motherhood. Her modern, goal-oriented parenting concept is based on managing time efficiently. This book gives clear instructions to mothers and advises them on all of the most important subjects pertaining to baby’s first year. It emphasizes enjoying life with the baby, and also avoiding the most common parenting errors. Of course, the baby’s well-being is always the top priority, but that doesn’t mean the mother has to be a slave! Beatrix Kruse, a mother of two, has been editor-in-chief of the women’s magazines Brigitte, Brigitte Woman, Amica and Familie & Co.

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Sarah Mayer Shoujo-Manga for Beginners 64 pages, 3-426-64292-1 September 2006

Enke Cäcilie Jansson Pastel Painting for Beginners 64 pages, 3-426-64291-3 August 2006

Oliver Löhr / Kristina Schaper Mixing Tecniques with Acryl 80 pages, 3-426-64337-5 July 2006

Antje Wilkening Make-up for the Theater 120 pages, 3-426-64295-6 August 2006

Ann Engel-Truber Handicrafts with Little Children 64 pages, 3-426-64294-8 July 2006

Helene Weinold Pleating Napkins – a Wonderful Idea 96 pages, 3-426-64289-1 July 2006

Ramin Razani Kirigami - Fascinating Folding Cards 64 pages, 3-426-64390-1 August 2006

Frédérique Gueret Shining Stars 64 pages, 3-426-64391-X August 2006

Ghazi Al Delaimi Arabic Calligraphy for Beginners 80 pages, 3-426-64224-7 March 2006

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Undine Werdin Plaster Workshop 104 pages, 3-426-64286-7 February 2006

Helga Fuld Designing with Plaster for Beginners 64 pages, 3-8043-0794-0 June 2001

Susanne Helmold Tesselating for Beginners 48 pages, 3-426-66937-2 September 2003

Dörte Bach Patchwork Quilting 96 pages, 3-426-64328-6 March 2006

Renate Fernau Schwalm Whitework 72 pages, 3-426-64389-8 February 2006

Helga Sander / Wolfgang Peschl Monastery Crafts 120 pages, 3-426-64408-8 August 2006

Tobias Sander Kakuro for Experts 144 pages, 3-426-64401-0 February 2006

Tobias Sander Kakuro for Kids 112 pages, 3-426-64417-7 May 2006

Tobias Sander Samurai Sudoku 144 pages, 3-426-64413-4 May 2006

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Dirk Walbrecker / Martina Mair Is Granny an Angel Now? 32 pages, 3-629-01348-1 February 2006

Ursula Keicher / Gisela Dürr Bye, my Little Dummy! 32 pages, 3-629-01277-9 February 2006

Luise Holthausen / Karl-H. Volkmann Carrot and Easterhare 32 pages, 3-629-01375-9 February 2006

Dimiter Inkiow / Marion Briswalter A Bible for Children 240 pages, 3-629-01269-8 April 2004

Dimiter Inkiow / Marion Briswalter Stories about Jesus for Children 112 pages, 3-629-01354-6 January 2006

Anastassija Archipowa The Christmas Story 32 pages, 3-629-01311-2 August 2006

The Bibel is fraught with exciting adventures. Goodies against baddies, the little ones against the big ones – and then a man comes who exemplifies love and forgiveness through his life. The well-known author Dimiter Inkiow makes the best Bibel stories an enthralling reading-experience for children, and the wonderful, fine and realistic illustrations give this book an additional charm.

Biblical stories turn into exciting adventures. In a modern language suitable for children the magnificent narrator Dimiter Inkiow recounts the most important events in the life of Jesus: his birth, allegories and miracle healings, from The Last Supper to his resurrection. Maren Briswalter proves her talent in illustrating cultures from distant times in a sensitive way. An enthralling reading experience and a gentle approach to explore the faith.

Every year the Christmas story is read anew in Kindergarten, in school and in many families under the Christmas tree. The internationally known Russian illustrator A. Archipowa translates the Christmas gospel from Lukas in wonderful realistic pictures. Thus the story about Jesus’ birth gets vivid and bright. This is an ideal book to prepare children from three years on for Christmas.

G I F T B O O KS

Norbert Pautner Instead of Cigarettes 40 cards, 3-629-02087-9 September 2005

Vera Lange Instead of Buying Shoes 64 pages, 3-629-10128-3 July 2006

Jutta Oster Instead of Chocolate 80 pages, 3-426-00498-9 June 2001

Renate Lehmacher Moments to Enjoy 48 pages, 3-629-02086-0 February 2006

Michaela Merten The Joy of Bathing 28 cards, 3-629-10149-6 August 2006

Fulfill yourself a Dearest Wish 32 pages, 3-629-10071-6 August 2006

Luc Serafin / Norbert Pautner We are Pope! 48 pages, 3-629-10152-6 July 2006

Iris und Jochen Grün Little Elk Book 48 pages, 3-629-02127-1 September 2006

Albert Bichler An Angel at your Side 48 pages, 3-629-10154-2 July 2006

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Wolfgang Jeschke The Cusanus-Game Rigst sold to the USA (Tor Books) 720 pages, September 2005

Thomas Thiemeyer Medusa Rights sold to five countries 400 pages, August 2004

Wolfgang Hohlbein Fire Rights sold to Spain and Hungary 512 pages, November 2004

Marie Cristen The Fire of the Beguines Rights sold to France (Ed. du Rocher) 528 pages, August 2005

Sandra Lessman The King’s Judge Rights sold to Russia 560 pages, August 2005

Andreas Franz Diabolical Promises 576 pages, August 2005

Sabine Kuegler Jungle Child Rights sold into 23 countries! 350 pages, February 2005

Maria Moreno They Took away my Freedom Rights sold to Slovenia 352 pages, August 2005

Gabriella Baumann-von Arx „Lotti, La Blanche“ – in the Slums of Africa 320 pages, March 2005

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Michael Hesemann / Yuliya Tkachova Benedetto! – Benedikt XVI. The Church is Young 240 pages, July 2005

Michael Langer / Jozef Niewiadomski The Great Thinkers of Christianity 240 pages, March 2005

Lama Ole Nydahl Buddha and Love 224 pages, September 2005

Ursula Summ Eat.Yourself.Thin Rights sold to Poland 160 pages, February 2005

Dr. Karola Scheffer Treat Yourself with Homeopathy 304 pages, September 2005

Rosi Mittermaier, Prof. Dr. Reiner Bartl Solid Bones, Vivid Life 144 pages, October 2005

Hans G. Scheib Tiffany Workshop 120 pages, July 2005

Ingrid Pfendtner Knaurs Garden Doctor 160 pages August 2004

Julia and Pierre Franckh Dad, Tell me about the World – I Will Tell you about Mine – Rights sold to France and Korea 144 pages, September 2005

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